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NGC6418

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:38:9.4
Declination: +58:42:55
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift E.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6418

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, very small, slightly elongated.  A mag 15 star is at the east edge 17" from the center.  Contains a very faint stellar nucleus or a mag 15 star involved.